Triangular sail with spars along upper and lower edges used by traditional Austronesians
Traditional Austronesian generalized sail types. C, D, E, and F are types of crab-claw sails.[1]
Double sprit (Sri Lanka)
Common sprit (Philippines)
Oceanic sprit (Tahiti)
Oceanic sprit (Marquesas)
Oceanic sprit (Philippines)
Crane sprit (Marshall Islands)
Rectangular boom lug (Maluku Islands)
Square boom lug (Gulf of Thailand)
Trapezial boom lug (Vietnam)
The crab claw sail is a fore-and-aft triangular sail with spars along upper and lower edges. The crab claw sail was first developed by the Austronesian peoples by at least 2000 BCE. It is used in many traditional Austronesian cultures in Island Southeast Asia, Micronesia, Island Melanesia, Polynesia, and Madagascar.[2]: 144 [3] It is sometimes known as the Oceanic lateen or the Oceanic sprit, even though it is not restricted to Oceania, is neither a lateen sail nor a spritsail, and has an independent older origin.
^Doran, Edwin B. (1981). Wangka: Austronesian Canoe Origins. Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 9780890961070.
^Horridge, Adrian (2006). Bellwood, Peter (ed.). The Austronesians : historical and comparative perspectives. Canberra, ACT. ISBN 978-0731521326.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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